Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Toroidal Training
Years ago , I subscribed to a magazine called Fusion. A guy with long hair came up to me in the Seattle airport and asked me to take a free copy of his magazine, oh, he said, if you don't mind we do take donations. So I gave him twenty bucks and he signed me up for a one year "free" subscription.
The magazine was indeed very interesting. It had stories about the Cambodian genocide by the Kmer Rouge and stories about the political club called the Trilateral Comission, comprised of all the world's politicians . All very heavy subjects that made you say hmmm! Along with the political rambling of Lyndon Larouche and the stories of the inhumanity of humanity, it had a significant portion of the magazine devoted to the development of Fusion.
It seems there is this whole scientific thing going on somewhere in secluded labs that is trying to uncover how to harness the power of the sun, i.e. fusion power. There are labs in the U.S., France, China, the former Soviet Union, and many other countries. The significance of the fusion research was that it utilized a reactor vessel called the Tokomak, a super duper magnet. The Tokomak was a magnetic reactor vessel that created a plasma field with toroidal shape. A toroidal shape is simultaneously a donut shape and a shape of the infinity symbol, it changes and is dynamic.
The Toroidal chamber was a highly charged electromagnetic field that was so dense with magnetic forces that it could contain the fusion reaction with the plasma. The key to the Tokomak's success as a vessel for the fusion reaction was that it could contain the reaction of fusion with the toroidally shaped, powerful magnetic field. All of this is theoretical in that you can't look inside the Tokomak while its running since it is over a million degrees fahrenheit in the reaction field.
What the hell does this have to do with speed? It is the essence of training for the speed minded as well as the slow minded, if that is what you want. By training the muscles while considering the shape created in the heart of the tokomak you will condition muscles most effectively. In other words you must train inside the muscle, outside the muscle, inside the ligaments and tendons and outside the tendons and ligaments.
Toroid as Donut
While donuts are the least nutritional food known to man and Krispy Kreme is finding out through financial ruin, there are significant benefits to viewing the training of the muscles as one would view a donut. By working the muscles around the outside of the muscle you will see results with improved speed and reduced injury. The best form of donut training is by cross training. For example, a football player that focuses on straight a head sprints for ten yards will not develop long strides for the distance beyond ten yards and he will be prone to injuries the least of which is the destruction of the knee. The knee is the single most susceptible joint or body part to injury in my experience. It is prone to catastrophic injury as well as many forms of nagging or chronic problems.
To effect the most significant prophylactic training and thereby enhance knee performance and reduce injury proneness, you must cross train and consciously rest the body for extended periods. There are a whole host of ways to donut train but the easiest way I have found is to simply think like a child at play.
Have you ever watched a baby play in its crib? It is able to do amazing contortionist moves, yet it can barely move its gargantuan head, heck it can't even pick up its head and look up until the body grow for 6 to 8 months. In spite of the baby's inabilty to raise his head he can easily lift his legs and arms for hours on end, usually until he wears out after many hours, or needs to be fed or changed, whichever comes first. As the child ages he can do things like run all day or play hide and seek for 3 or 4 hours. If you train like a kid plays, you will have the best chance of training around the muscle and its attachments. Have you ever seen a young child with a torn anterior cruciate ligament?
Cross train like you're a kid! Here are a few activities I recommend in mimicking a child's play:
1. Run up hills,
2. Play kick ball,
3. Play outside all day, dawn to dusk,
4. Ride a bike off and on for many hours,
5. Swim for an entire day,
6. Play tennis in the morning and softball at night,
7. Jump rope for 30 minutes three times a day,
8. Wrestle with someone for fun for twenty or thirty minutes,
9. Play soccer with friends for fun,
10. Go for a scenic hike,
11. Shoot a few hoops,
12. Watch kids play and take the cue from the way they enjoy their youth!
Overall the donut shape of the toroidal training is to have fun and horse around just like a kid. Workout and play to develop the outside of the muscle and the ligaments. Stay fit, create more speed, and stay healthy. Next time, the training of the toroidal shape of the infinity sign, or training in and around the muscles, ligaments and tendons.
The magazine was indeed very interesting. It had stories about the Cambodian genocide by the Kmer Rouge and stories about the political club called the Trilateral Comission, comprised of all the world's politicians . All very heavy subjects that made you say hmmm! Along with the political rambling of Lyndon Larouche and the stories of the inhumanity of humanity, it had a significant portion of the magazine devoted to the development of Fusion.
It seems there is this whole scientific thing going on somewhere in secluded labs that is trying to uncover how to harness the power of the sun, i.e. fusion power. There are labs in the U.S., France, China, the former Soviet Union, and many other countries. The significance of the fusion research was that it utilized a reactor vessel called the Tokomak, a super duper magnet. The Tokomak was a magnetic reactor vessel that created a plasma field with toroidal shape. A toroidal shape is simultaneously a donut shape and a shape of the infinity symbol, it changes and is dynamic.
The Toroidal chamber was a highly charged electromagnetic field that was so dense with magnetic forces that it could contain the fusion reaction with the plasma. The key to the Tokomak's success as a vessel for the fusion reaction was that it could contain the reaction of fusion with the toroidally shaped, powerful magnetic field. All of this is theoretical in that you can't look inside the Tokomak while its running since it is over a million degrees fahrenheit in the reaction field.
What the hell does this have to do with speed? It is the essence of training for the speed minded as well as the slow minded, if that is what you want. By training the muscles while considering the shape created in the heart of the tokomak you will condition muscles most effectively. In other words you must train inside the muscle, outside the muscle, inside the ligaments and tendons and outside the tendons and ligaments.
Toroid as Donut
While donuts are the least nutritional food known to man and Krispy Kreme is finding out through financial ruin, there are significant benefits to viewing the training of the muscles as one would view a donut. By working the muscles around the outside of the muscle you will see results with improved speed and reduced injury. The best form of donut training is by cross training. For example, a football player that focuses on straight a head sprints for ten yards will not develop long strides for the distance beyond ten yards and he will be prone to injuries the least of which is the destruction of the knee. The knee is the single most susceptible joint or body part to injury in my experience. It is prone to catastrophic injury as well as many forms of nagging or chronic problems.
To effect the most significant prophylactic training and thereby enhance knee performance and reduce injury proneness, you must cross train and consciously rest the body for extended periods. There are a whole host of ways to donut train but the easiest way I have found is to simply think like a child at play.
Have you ever watched a baby play in its crib? It is able to do amazing contortionist moves, yet it can barely move its gargantuan head, heck it can't even pick up its head and look up until the body grow for 6 to 8 months. In spite of the baby's inabilty to raise his head he can easily lift his legs and arms for hours on end, usually until he wears out after many hours, or needs to be fed or changed, whichever comes first. As the child ages he can do things like run all day or play hide and seek for 3 or 4 hours. If you train like a kid plays, you will have the best chance of training around the muscle and its attachments. Have you ever seen a young child with a torn anterior cruciate ligament?
Cross train like you're a kid! Here are a few activities I recommend in mimicking a child's play:
1. Run up hills,
2. Play kick ball,
3. Play outside all day, dawn to dusk,
4. Ride a bike off and on for many hours,
5. Swim for an entire day,
6. Play tennis in the morning and softball at night,
7. Jump rope for 30 minutes three times a day,
8. Wrestle with someone for fun for twenty or thirty minutes,
9. Play soccer with friends for fun,
10. Go for a scenic hike,
11. Shoot a few hoops,
12. Watch kids play and take the cue from the way they enjoy their youth!
Overall the donut shape of the toroidal training is to have fun and horse around just like a kid. Workout and play to develop the outside of the muscle and the ligaments. Stay fit, create more speed, and stay healthy. Next time, the training of the toroidal shape of the infinity sign, or training in and around the muscles, ligaments and tendons.
